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| Ligaments of the larynx. Posterior view. (Corniculate cartilage labeled at center right.) | |
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| The entrance to the larynx, viewed from behind. (Corniculate cartilage labeled at bottom right.) | |
| Latin | cartilagines corniculata |
| Gray's | subject #236 1075 |
The corniculate cartilages (cartilages of Santorini) are two small conical nodules consisting of yellow elastic cartilage, which articulate with the summits of the arytenoid cartilages and serve to prolong them backward and medialward.
They are situated in the posterior parts of the aryepiglottic folds of mucous membrane, and are sometimes fused with the arytenoid cartilages.
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It is named for Giovanni Domenico Santorini.[1][2]
 The cartilages of the larynx. Posterior view. |
 Laryngoscopic view of interior of larynx. |
 Muscles of larynx. Posterior view. |
 Muscles of larynx. Side view. Right lamina of thyroid cartilage removed. |
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